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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Serial \Se"ri*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as a serial work or publication. ``Classification . . . may be more or less serial.'' --H. Spencer. 2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to rows. --Gray. {Serial homology}. (Biol.) See under {Homology}. {Serial symmetry}. (Biol.) See under {Symmetry}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Serial \Se"ri*al\, n. A publication appearing in a series or succession of part a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: serial adj 1: in regular succession without gaps; "serial concerts" [syn: {consecutive}, {sequent}, {sequential}, {successive}] 2: (music) pertaining to or composed in serial technique; "serial music" 3: pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series; "serial monogamy" or "serial killing"; "a serial killer" 4: (computer science) of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations; "serial processing" [syn: {nonparallel}] n 1: a serialized set of programs; "a comedey series" [syn: {series}] 2: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: {series}, {serial publication}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: SERIAL, n. A literary work usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. Frequently appended to each installment is a "synposis of preceding chapters" for those who have not read them but a direr need is a synposis of succeeding chapters for those who do not intend to read _them_. A synposis of the entire work would be still better. The late James F. Bowman was writing a serial tale for a weekly paper in collaboration with a genius whose name has not come down to us They wrote, not jointly but alternately, Bowman supplying the installment for one week, his friend for the next and so on world without end they hoped. Unfortunately they quarreled, and one Monday morning when Bowman read the paper to prepare himself for his task, he found his work cut out for him in a way to surprise and pain him His collaborator had embarked every character of the narrative on a ship and sunk them all in the deepest part of the Atlantic.
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